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[recollecters]

Welcome to Retrospec™, the last social media network you will ever need. You are one of the few selected to test this exciting new platform based on our cutting-edge algorithms. Less than two hundred invitations have gone out, and membership is not currently open to the public. However, we hope you will come to see how useful Retrospec™ is, given time. We have for your use a variety of features such as text, voice, video, and image posts. We encourage you to explore our many options. Anyway, now that the copypaste part is out of the way! Jim here, requesting you guys make your secret meetings a little more exciting. It's not like you're not trying with the whole "let's meet off the network!" dealio, but I have some serious concerns. For one thing, no secret handshakes or phrases? Not even dramatic meeting locations? The trying rating is about half a star if that. And I'm almost bored to tears with the whole back and forth about what's going on. Not bored enough to give you a cheat sheet, but still. I can't get myself taken off surveillance duty, so at least try to make it a little more exciting! You guys might like this wikihow. Later! Jim Halloway Research & Development Retrspec Incorporated Please feel free to use this post as a network mingle. Every toplevel can be considered a new post, and threadjacking is permitted. No NPC response will be given. Usernames are the character's full real AU names, not aliases or chosen nicknames or usernames, and seemed to have filled themselves in; nothing characters do can change or obscure their names currently. Characters who have been in game for more than one month will find they can change their profile pictures; newcomers are locked into their first choice. At various points throughout the day users will be sent images of themselves from behind, regardless of where they are. There doesn't seem to be any way to catch whoever might be taking and sending these, however, especially since being alone in a room doesn't seem to be a deterrent.

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[thisloveisjustice]

Tatsuo Kihara Look, if you want to follow me around town taking pictures of me from behind, that's your prerogative. But following me into the bathroom? That breaks the bro code, Jim.

[judgementkazzy]

Kazuma Kiryu I don't think this Jim guy knows about the bro code.

[thisloveisjustice]

Tatsuo Kihara Yeah, looking at what everyone else is saying, Jim sounds like a right creep.

[judgementkazzy]

Kazuma Kiryu Right. Apparently he used an older post to propose to someone...? I don't think he takes his job, whatever it is, too seriously.

[thisloveisjustice]

Tatsuo Kihara He seems to be taking stalking all of us pretty seriously.

[judgementkazzy]

Kazuma Kiryu I don't know, he said we should come up with secret handshakes, that doesn't sound too serious to me.
Kazuma Kiryu If he really has access to all our personal information I'd expect more of a ransom than... this?

[thisloveisjustice]

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[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Kihara. It's Officer Togusa, you've probably spoken with my superiors more often, but I know who you are.
Hitori Togusa We can see what we can do to get you up to speed? I'm sorry you've gotten dragged into this.

[thisloveisjustice]

Tatsuo Kihara Togusa, yeah I've seen your name on a few reports. Nice to finally talk to you, current circumstances aside.
Tatsuo Kihara But since I've been dragged in now, we might as well see what I can do to help.

[standalonehuman]

Hitori Togusa Nice to talk to you, as well, sir.
Hitori Togusa For starters, let me save you some aggravation, you try to show this application to anybody who's not already on it, they're going to not be able to see that anything is wrong.
Hitori Togusa The guys in tech already think a bunch of us are crazy, let's not spread it around any further.

Hitori Togusa Forgive me, what is your proper title? Officer or Agent or something different?

[thisloveisjustice]

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[cattack]

I believe he has progressed from the 'bro code' to criminal stalking and harassment.

[thisloveisjustice]

If you want to apply specific definitions to it, yes. Though it seems people have been having trouble finding this Jim fellow in order to press charges at all.

[cattack]

So it seems.
There is somehow some manner of ability to control our memories and perceptions.
This is rather horrifying.

[thisloveisjustice]

Wait. Wait. Control our memories and perceptions?

[He's kind of been trying to ignore the giant chocobo in the room. This stalking picture thing and the uninstallable app have been freaking him out enough. He doesn't want to think about how he finds the smiling fruit really strange now.]

[cattack]

It seems those who are uninvolved are unable to see or remember the Retrospec building.
Furthermore, I have had a headache for some time now trying to reconcile the existence of chocobos and horses.

[thisloveisjustice]

shit

I was trying NOT to think about the fact fruit didn't use to dance

[cattack]

I apologize.
But it is important to consider.

[appraiser]

what's the bro code?

[thisloveisjustice]

Uh, it's like friendship etiquette between men. Not that Jim is my friend, but if he were his actions are in complete violation.

[appraiser]

oh. taking pictures in the bathroom is illegal, never mind etiquette... but normal pictures are fine? i like taking pictures with my friends

[thisloveisjustice]

It's more taking pictures in the bathroom without someone's permission, because then we wouldn't have selfies at all. But yes, normal pictures are fine, especially with friends.

[appraiser]

maybe if we become Jim's friends, he'll take pictures in more appropriate places/do something else instead of taking pictures... he'd stop for friends, right?

[thisloveisjustice]

Uh, no, it's probably best to avoid this Jim guy. It is not safe to try to befriend someone who is stalking you.

[Good job Tatsuo! Putting bad ideas into young people's heads. Excellent adulting right there.]

[appraiser]

but what if the stalker is a good person? i think i know somebody like that, Jim aside